[NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir thingsup. Where'sthebeef?

[John Ferrell]

This is a real problem!

We have quite a few flyers who come to fly on Saturday and don't plan to fly 
on Sunday. They don't want a motel bill, another day away from home or to 
miss church on Sunday morning.

Borrowing on Dr. Phil's terminology, two days is a "deal breaker".

Unfortunately, it seems the avid competitors are just as firm with two days.

John Ferrell    W8CCW
"My Competition is not my enemy"
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Regan" <kelly.regan2 at verizon.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir thingsup. 
Where'sthebeef?


Just an observation from some one that has not flown in a
patter competition yet...

The idea of a 2 day contest is a big commitment for me.
We have 3 children under 5 years old and my wife is a stay
at home mom. The only break she gets is on the weekends
when I am around to help.

I have a hard time asking her to watch the kids all weekend
while I go fly and babysitters can be hit and miss.

A one day contest would be wonderful for someone in my
situation, however I have no idea if this would work or draw
more contestants?


george w. kennie wrote:
> <<<<Has anyone got any stats on the effectivity of the pattern
> primers? I know of some new guys who’ve come into it this way.>>>>
> Just by way of encouragement to those who may feel some degree of
> frustration at their lack of results in trying to entice the local
> genre to give pattern a try. In my local area, there are several clubs
> that I hold memberships in and these people have watched me fly
> sequence upon sequence for about the last eight years.Some of these
> individuals display some degree of interest/desire while others view
> my efforts with outright disdain.
> My feeling is that there is not a heck of a lot you can do on and
> individual basis to induce someone to apply themselves to the pursuit
> of our passion.There has to already be some competitive/challenge
> aspect to their basic personality that makes them want to conquer the
> unknown difficulty eating away at the root of their psyche and if it
> just happens to be pattern that fires up their competitive drive at
> that particular time we may have discovered a possible conscription.
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